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Starkville Football Team History

Starkville Yellow Jackets

Starkville High School

603 Yellow Jacket Drive Starkville, MS
Stadium: Yellow Jacket Stadium
Colors: Black & Gold
Coach: Jack Nix

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1920 <-- 1958 <- 1959 -> 1960 --> 2024

1959 Season Highlights

Jack Nix enters his 4th season as Head Coach at Starkville.

1959 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Fri., Sep. 4	@ New Albany *	19	0	W
Fri., Sep. 11	vs. University *	7	0	W
Fri., Sep. 18	vs. West Point *	25	0	W
Fri., Sep. 25	OPEN
Fri., Oct. 2	@ Aberdeen *	40	7	W
Fri., Oct. 9	vs. Grenada *	20	18	W
Fri., Oct. 16	@ Louisville	7	7	T
Fri., Oct. 23	vs. Houston *	50	7	W
Fri., Oct. 30	@ Pontotoc *	0	20	L
Fri., Nov. 6	@ Amory *	18	0	W
Fri., Nov. 13	vs. Bruce *	20	6	W

1959 Season Totals
Record	8-1 -1
Points Scored	206
Scoring Average	20.6
Points Allowed	65
Defense Average	6.5
Opponents Record	51-56 -3
Home Record	5-0
Away Record	3-1 -1

1959 Little 10 Conference Standings
	Regular Season			Conference Record
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
Pontotoc	10-0	307	52	9-0-0	268	46	James Butler
Starkville	8-1-1	206	65	8-1-0	199	58	Jack Nix
Amory	7-2	133	74	7-2-0	133	74	Doug Brown
University	7-3	192	81	6-3-0	168	81	Bill Calhoun
Grenada	7-4	229	111	5-4-0	198	111	Bob Ellard
Aberdeen	4-5-1	137	137	4-5-0	131	131	Steve Clark
New Albany	4-6	125	178	3-6-0	104	164	Bill Farris
Bruce	3-6-1	144	190	3-6-0	125	171	James Kelly
Houston	1-9	88	376	1-8-0	82	314	Scott Suber
West Point	0-10	45	325	0-9-0	39	292	Bob Barrett

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